Articles – Everton FC Heritage Society

Scouse Supremacy: Liverpool, Everton and the story of the 1905/06 Season

08

Oct

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1900-1909, Books, Latest, Rob Sawyer

Scouse Supremacy: Liverpool, Everton and the story of the 1905/06 Season

A new book by Kieran Smith Rob Sawyer Writing a book on football that crosses the Blue-Red sporting divide is no simple task, hence relatively few books have catered for both sets of fans (exceptions include Three Sides of the Mersey, Two Tribes, and Crossing The Park). It’s a task Kieran Smith set himself with Scouse Supremacy (Pitch Publishing, 2026), which tells the story of the 1905/06 season, in which the two Merseyside giants dominated domestic football. An Associate Member of Everton FC Heritage Society, Kieran is a Liverpool supporter who maintains a healthy respect for the Red/Blue rivalry. Accordingly,…

My first football match: Everton v Blackburn in the harsh winter of 1962

07

Oct

By Paul McParlan

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1960-1969, Latest, Paul McParlan

My first football match: Everton v Blackburn in the harsh winter of 1962

[Hot Bovril and Cold Terraces series] Paul McParlan [This article first appeared in These Football Times, 28 July 2018] I was seven years old and driving my mum mad. My younger brother had been born just over 18 months earlier and was occupying most of her time. Match days always followed the same routine in our household: my dad would put on his suit and leave to meet his friends in the pub, prior to going off to Goodison to watch Everton. Occasionally he would depart a few hours earlier to catch a bus or a train to an away…

The 35th Dixie Dean Memorial Award – 30 October 2026

05

Oct

By Mike Royden

2020-2029, Events, Latest, Players

The 35th Dixie Dean Memorial Award – 30 October 2026

with Johnny Morrissey . Join us at Goodison Park (an attraction in itself!) for our annual Dixie Dean Memorial Award evening, featuring the 2026 recipient Johnny Morrissey. We will be celebrating the life and career of this Everton legend with a special programme, featuring former players, tributes and more. Click the image which will take you straight to the ticket site, or hold your phone in photo mode over the QR code . Click for previous award winners

‘He Took My Breath Away’ – Celia Morrissey

04

Oct

By Becky Tallentire

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1960-1969, Becky Tallentire, Latest, Players

‘He Took My Breath Away’ – Celia Morrissey

Becky Tallentire So incensed was Bill Shankly when John Morrissey, then twenty-two, was sold to Everton in 1962 for £10,000 without his say, that the Scot threatened to quit Anfield. Morrissey went on to carve out a decent career at Goodison Park, playing 311 games at outside-left. He scored fifty goals and collected Championship medals in 1962-63 and 1969-70, and an FA Cup losers’ medal in 1968. He is a successful property developer today, and lives in Blundellsands, north Liverpool. The following article first appeared in Real Footballers' Wives by Becky Tallentire (published in 2004) Celia Collister (born 4 April…

George ‘Bumper’ Clarkson: An Original Original

03

Oct

By Jamie Yates

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1878-1889, 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939, 1940-1949, 1950-1959, Jamie Yates, Latest

George ‘Bumper’ Clarkson: An Original Original

Everton superfan, shareholder, unofficial official and arguably Everton's oldest ever player and goalscorer! Our story begins with a curious little column, part of a series written by the esteemed Liverpool Echo sportswriter Ernest ‘Bee’ Edwards and published on page six of the newspaper, on Saturday, 20 October 1934. The text is accompanied by cartoonist Allason Moscrop’s detailed caricature of Clarkson, resplendent in coat and hat with signature chrysanthemum on his lapel. It reads as follows: Caricature of George Clarkson from Ernest Edwards’ nostalgic series ‘The Salt of the Soccer Crowd’ - Liverpool Echo, 20 October 1934 ‘Here’s one of the…

27

Sep

By Steve Zocek

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1990-1999, Latest, Players, Steve Zocek

Peyton Place

Steve Zocek At the end of June 1991, Everton manager Howard Kendall was looking for a back-up keeperfor the regular number one Neville Southall. At this time, Bournemouth’s Gerry Peyton hadrequested a transfer from Cherries boss Harry Redknapp, with the club failing to make theDivision Three play-offs. Everton’s Jimmy Gabriel had travelled to Lansdowne Road in Dublin where Peyton was fillingin for injured Pat Bonner as the Republic of Ireland played Chile. Peyton earned his 29th capin the 1-1 draw. On the recommendation of Gabriel, Kendall agreed terms withBournemouth for 6ft 3ins shot stopper. Gerry Peyton oozed experience. He was…

Mike Stowell: From North End to the Deep End

26

Sep

By Steve Zocek

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1980-1989, Latest, Players, Steve Zocek

Mike Stowell: From North End to the Deep End

At the age of sixteen, goalkeeper Mike Stowell had the chance to join Preston North End where club legend Alan Kelly was the manager. Mike was playing football in the non-league circles, progressing to a higher level with Leyland Motors of the North West Counties League, Blackpool Mechanics and, finally, Pickups Heating in the Sunday League. The young goalkeeper was serving a four-year apprenticeship with British Telecom at the time Preston came knocking. Mike’s father, on finding out of the interest, insisted that his son was to dedicate himself to seeing out his time as an apprentice. Stowell was already…

Sir Daniel E. A. Pettit – A Cambridge Blue

16

Sep

By Richie Gillham

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1930-1939, Latest, Players, Richard Gillham

Sir Daniel E. A. Pettit – A Cambridge Blue

Everton amateur footballer, Olympian, Wartime Major and Captain of industry Richie Gillham and Dr David France Daniel Pettit (Liverpool Footprints) Sir Daniel Eric Arthur Pettit was a Liverpool-born amateur footballer who represented Great Britain in football at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and signed and played for Everton at amateur level in the same year. He served as an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and went on to enjoy a successful career in British industry. Pettit was born in Liverpool on 19 February 1915, one of six children born to Thomas Edgar Pettit, a bookkeeper…

16

Sep

By Rob Sawyer

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1930-1939, 1940-1949, 1950-1959, Latest, Players, Rob Sawyer

Cliff Britton – A Life in Football

Rob Sawyer Part 1 – The Player Cliff Britton was Everton’s first manager in the modern sense of the word, yet it is for his footballing feats at Goodison Park in the 1930s that he is most celebrated. His Everton playing career overlapped that of Harry Catterick, yet their experiences as managers and players at the School of Science contrasted sharply. Whilst Catterick’s modest playing career was a precursor to managerial triumphs. Britton’s, ultimately disappointing, tenure in the Goodison hot seat was at odds with a playing career which saw him hailed as one of the country’s finest half-backs. Clifford…

Singing in the rain with 10,000 Evertonians: the personal story of an FA Cup away day at Notts County in 1984

15

Sep

By Paul McParlan

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1980-1989, Latest, Paul McParlan

Singing in the rain with 10,000 Evertonians: the personal story of an FA Cup away day at Notts County in 1984

Paul McParlan During my years following Everton, it is often the unplanned trips to football grounds that end up being the best days out. On the evening of 9 March 1984, my mate Bart (real name Brian – don’t ask) called round to ask if I fancied going to watch Everton play the FA Cup quarter-finals away at Notts County the next day. There was only going to be one answer. Even better, it would involve a lift there and back, courtesy of his brother-in-law Frank, thus avoiding the horrors of a 1980s football special train. Football can surprise you…